Common Flashcards
Pullet
juvenile chicken that has not started laying eggs
Gilts
Young adult female that have not yet produced a litter of piglets
Gilts are young adult female pigs that have not yet given birth to a litter of piglets
Litter index
How times can a pig can give birth and Farrow in each year
Litter index refers to the number of times a pig can give birth and farrow in a year
Boar
Adult male
A boar is an adult male pig
Sow
Adult female
A sow is an adult female pig
Piglets
Young pigs
Piglets are baby pigs or young pigs
Weaning
The stage that comes after lactation (after the weaning event), in which the piglets are taken away from their dam and normally proceed to eat only solid food (compound feed) and water
Weaning is the stage after lactation where piglets are separated from their mother and start eating solid food and water
Farrowing
Giving birth
Farrowing is the term used to describe the process of a sow giving birth
Runts
Stunted
Runts are piglets that are stunted in growth or size
Vices
An undesirable quality in an animal
Vices refer to undesirable qualities or behaviors in an animal
Agalactia
The absence of milk production
Agalactia is the term used to describe the absence of milk production in an animal
Castration
Removal of the testes
Castration is the surgical procedure of removing the testes from a male animal
